Symptoms

Assume that you install update 2670838 on a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. When you use an application to open a JPEG image, the application cannot decode the JPEG image. Therefore, the JPEG image is not displayed.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. For more information about how to obtain a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

976932 Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Registry information

To apply this hotfix, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.